Module:Engvar/doc

This module implements {{engvar}}. It allows templates to show national varieties of English, when |engvar= is passed by each article.

For example, one template can display "football" for |engvar=en-UK articles, and "soccer" for |engvar=en-US articles.

Parameter list

Template

[[:Template:((]]#invoke:engvar|variants
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Article

{{example
| engvar =
| engvarCat =
}}

Maintenance category

Articles with an invalid |engvar= will be placed in the hidden maintenance category Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option. Articles listed may need editing.

An article's requested |engvar= may be unspecified in the template. For example, if an article uses {{example|engvar=South African English}} but the template has no |en-ZA=, then the template will return |defaultWord=default color name. The category will not be used.

When this categorization is not desired for a whole template, set |engvarCat=no in the template

Otherwise pass-through this setting from the article: |engvarCat={{{engvarCat|yes}}}. This allows the editor to switch categorization off per article.

Articles are sorted by |engvarCatSort= or Template:Magic word by default. Note that other templates will fill this category. Set this parameter like |engvarCatSort=Personal prefs in a template to group its listings under "P".

List of English varieties

In the template, use the exact ISO-code as the parameter name like |en-GB=vapour. Write |en-US=soccer not |American English=soccer. Needed varieties have articles using the template and words differing from the default.

English variety	ISO-code
American English	en-US
Australian English	en-AU
British English	en-GB
Canadian English	en-CA
Hiberno-English (Irish-English)	en-EI
Hong Kong English	en-HK
Indian English	en-IN
Jamaican English	en-JM
Malawian English	en-MW
New Zealand English	en-NZ
Nigerian English	en-NG
Pakistani English	en-PK
Philippine English	en-PH
Scottish English	en-SCO
Singapore English	en-SG
South African English	en-ZA
Trinidadian English	en-TT
British English Oxford spelling British (Oxford) English Oxford English Dictionary (OED)	en-OED
IUPAC spelling	en-IUPAC

There is backwards compatibility for leeway in articles. |engvar=en-US, |engvar=United States, |engvar=US can all show the |en-US=football variety.

See also

• HELP:ENGVAR
• Category:Articles using an unknown Template:Engvar option
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 -- The 2-letter country code
• Template:Ml - debugging